Pregnant woman killed by in-laws

A pregnant woman was allegedly killed by her in-laws over dowry demands on Friday at Kuli Chaurastha, under the jurisdiction of Burwan police station in Murshidabad.

Police recovered one Anesha Biwi's body from her in-law's house on Saturday morning. The investigators suspected that the woman was choked to her death on Friday night by her in-laws who managed to escape from the spot.

The relatives of the deceased lodged an FIR with Burwan police and the cops started investigation on the basis of the complaint.

"We found strangulation marks on her neck which primarily suggests that she was choked to death. Her body was sent for post-mortem and we are waiting for the report," said a police officer.

The investigators learnt that Anesha Biwi was married to Rahul Haque, a local youth in 2011. Rahul, an Army jawan, stays outside the state and her wife used to stay with her in-laws at Kuli Chaurastha.

Anesha Biwi's family had reportedly given Rs four lakh as dowry to Rahul's family. They had promised to provide Rs two lakh more at the end of the year.

Rahul's family wanted to get the money desperately and they started to torture Anesha Biwi. The investigators found that Rahul was never involved in torturing. But police would investigate his role in this incident that whether he was involved in any conspiracy or not. Anesha Biwi's parents and other relatives rushed to the spot from Birbhum's Mayureswar. Meanwhile, cops started raids to arrest the accused.